Carlos Saura
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Carlos Saura (born 4 January 1932, Atarés, Huesca) is a Spanish film director.
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[edit] Early life
Born into a family of artists (his mother was a painter and his brother, Antonio Saura, a painter), he developed his artistic sense in chilhood by doing photography. He obtained his directing diploma in Madrid in 1957 at the Institute of Cinema Research and Studies, where he also taught until 1963.
[edit] Career
In 1957-1958, he created his first documentary film (Cuenca). In 1960, with Los Golfos, he described the problem of juvenile delinquency in the poor neighbourhoods of Madrid. In 1963, with the film Llanto por un bandido, he also made a historical reconstruction.
In 1965, his style, both lyrical and documentary, centred on the problems of the poor, received the recognition of the international community at the Berlin Film Festival, where he received the Silver Bear for his film La caza. In 1967, his film Peppermint Frappé also received a prize at Berlin.
The movies La prima Angélica (Cousin Angélica) of 1973 and Cría cuervos (Feeding the Ravens) of 1975 received the special prize of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival. His movie "Mama cumple 100 años" (Mom is celebrating her 100 years) was nominated at the Oscar, for the best foreign film in 1979.
In 1990, he received the Goya Award for the best director and best script for ¡Ay, Carmela!. He was chosen as director for the official film of the 1992 Olympic Games of Barcelona, "Marathon" (1993). Nowadays, Carlos Saura is considered a classic director in the history of contemporany European cinema.
[edit] Personal Life
Carlos Saura was married twice, in Barcelona in 1957 to Adela Medrano, and on December 27, 1982 to Mercedes Pérez. By his first marriage he had two sons, Carlos (b. 1958) and Antonio (b. 1960). By his second marriage he had three sons, Manuel (b. 1980), Adrián (b. 1984) and Diego (b. 1987). Between marriages he had a son, Shane (b. 1974) by actress Geraldine Chaplin. After his second marriage he was the father of a daughter named Ana (b. December 1994) by Eulalia Ramón.
[edit] Filmography
- 1956 : El Pequeño río Manzanares short film
- 1957 : La Tarde del domingo short film
- 1958 : Cuenca short film
- 1960 : Los Golfos
- 1964 : Llanto por un bandido
- 1966 : La Caza
- 1967 : Peppermint Frappé
- 1968 : Stress es tres tres
- 1969 : La Madriguera
- 1970 : El jardín de las delicias
- 1973 : Ana y los lobos
- 1973 : La prima Angélica
- 1975 : Cría cuervos
- 1977 : Elisa, vida mía
- 1978 : Los ojos vendados
- 1979 : Mamá cumple cien años
- 1980 : Deprisa, Deprisa
- 1981 : Bodas de Sangre
- 1982 : Dulces horas
- 1982 : Antonieta
- 1983 : Carmen
- 1984 : Los Zancos
- 1986 : El amor brujo
- 1988 : El Dorado
- 1989 : La Noche oscura
- 1990 : Ay Carmela
- 1992 : El Sur
- 1992 : Marathon
- 1992 : Sevillanas
- 1993 : ¡Dispara!
- 1995 : Flamenco
- 1997 : Taxi
- 1997 : Pajarico
- 1998 : Esa luz!
- 1998 : Tango
- 1999 : Goya en Burdeos
- 2001 : Buñuel y la mesa del rey salomón
- 2002 : Salomé
- 2004 : El séptimo día
- 2005 : Iberia
- 2007 : Fados
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